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NEW CORN by T'AO CH'IEN

First Line: SWIFTLY THE YEARS, BEYOND RECALL
Last Line: THAT BRUSHES THE FIELDS OF NEW CORN.
Subject(s): CHINA - EARLY PERIOD (TO 200 B.C.); CHINA - MIDDLE AGES (600 B.C.- 618 A.D.); CORN;

SWIFTLY the years, beyond recall.
Solemn the stillness of this fair morning.
I will clothe myself in spring-clothing
And visit the slopes of the Eastern Hill.
By the mountain-stream a mist hovers,
Hovers a moment, then scatters.
There comes a wind blowing from the south
That brushes the fields of new corn.



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